Biggest Loser: Daniel and Shay Go Home
The contestants of “Biggest Loser” freaked out this week when Allison told them that there would be two lines this week – a yellow one and a red one. The person who lost the least amount of weight this week would fall below the red line and go home – no voting.
Allen won a one pound advantage at the weigh-in by winning the challenge. The workout was tough on everyone. Jillian pleaded with Bob to save Shay, but he said they all have a reason to stay and continue to lose. Jillian pushed Shay hard, telling her to hold the tears and fight to stay there. Danny was working out so hard that Jillian kicked him out of the gym.
The contestants went to the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus for the challenge, but wondered what it was all about. They learned they had to jump through hoops. The twist was they had to jump in opponent’s hoops – when you had 100 jumps through your hoop, you were out of the challenge. The fact that the prize was immunity was very, very important.
Shay and Rudy made a hoop alliance before the start. Everyone ganged up on Liz’s hoop, which didn’t make her happy. Shay hurt herself jumping through the hoop and the others had to jump around her. Then they started jumping through Amanda’s hoop. Daniel and Rudy started working as a team against Rebecca. Only Shay, Rudy, and Danny were left. Rudy started jumping through Shay’s hoop. She told him he was breaking a promise and the two kept trash talking each other. Rudy said he was helping Danny since he had helped him so much. Rudy ended up winning immunity, but perhaps losing friends after this challenge.
Amanda, Rebecca, Shay, and Daniel snuck equipment into their room to work out after everyone thought they had gone to bed. However, it didn’t do much good. At the weigh-in, there were huge, huge numbers. Shay lost 17 pounds and still ended up under the yellow line. Danny too lost 17 pounds, Rebecca pulled out 10, and Liz, God love her, lost 12 pounds! Daniel only lost five pounds, so he fell under the red line. He had lost 198 pounds since coming to the ranch, but this kid is such a trooper. He went home and is now down to 239. He met up with David, who looks like he gained back the 40-something pounds he lost while at the ranch. He said that he had other things that were more important than losing weight right now. I don’t think he was ever serious about weight loss, but I am glad Daniel stepped up to the plate and took his life back.
Under the yellow line were Shay and Amanda. How tough a week is it when you lose 17 pounds and end up at the bottom? With four votes, it was split with Ruby making the decision. Perhaps it was because of the challenge animosity, but Ruby sent Shay home. One good note, her 17 pounds put her right at 100 pounds lost, breaking the record that Kristin set last season.
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